Our Immune Behavioral Health Team

Jennifer Frankovich, MD, MS
Director of the PANS Research Program & Co-Director of the Immune Behavioral Health Clinic

  • Clinical Associate Professor
  • Stanford Children's Health
  • Pediatric Rheumatology
     

Mei Ma, MD
Pediatric Rheumatologist

  • Clinical Instructor
  • Stanford Children's Health
  • Pediatric Rheumatology

Bahare Farhadian, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner

 

Theresa Willett, MD, PhD
Director of the Immune Behavioral Health Clinic

  • Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Stanford Children's Health
  • Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

Joseph Hernandez, MD, PhD
Immunologist/Immunodeficiency Specialist 

  • Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Stanford Children's Health
  • Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

 

Yuhuan Xie, MD
Psychiatrist

  • Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Stanford Children's Health
  • Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    Child & Adolesecent Psychiatry 

Jeanne Kane, MA
Education Specialist

  • Hospital Education Advocacy Liason (HEAL) Program
  • Stanford Children's Health

Margo Thienemann, MD
Director of Psychiatry Services &
Psychiatrist (expertise in O.C.D.)

  • Clinical Professor
  • Stanford Children's Health
  • Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences -
    Child & Adolesecent Psychiatry 

Melissa Silverman, MD
Psychiatrist

  • Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Stanford Children's Health
  • Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    Child & Adolesecent Psychiatry 

Sana Ahmed, LCSW
Director of Therapy and Rehabilitation Services, Psychotherapist

  • Stanford Children's Health
  • Department of Social Services

We are actively seeking donations to support the expansion of our clinical team. Most importantly, we would like to bring on more PANS dedicated clinicians including an infectious disease specialist, a CBT/ERP therapist, occupational therapist, physical therapist and a full-time psychiatrist.